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Yahoo! News: Elections

Abrupt Democratic retirements show tough landscape (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST

Christina Dodd rests her head on the shoulders of her dad, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT, after he announced that he will retire after his current term outside his home in East Haddam, Conn., Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010. Dodd, who served five terms, is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Two longtime Senate Democrats suddenly abandoned re-election bids, and so did a Democratic swing-state governor, underscoring the perilous political environment for President Barack Obama's party as anti-incumbent sentiment ripples across the nation. But stunning as they were, the retirements weren't as bad as they might have seemed for the Democrats.

Accused Holocaust museum gunman dies in hospital (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Talbot County, Md., Sheriff Office shows James von Brunn. A government official said Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010, von Brunn, the 89-year-old man accused of a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum in June 2009 has died in a prison hospital in Butner, North Carolina. (AP Photo/Talbot County Sheriff Office, File)AP - The 89-year-old white supremacist charged in a deadly shooting at Washington's Holocaust museum died Wednesday in North Carolina, where he'd been held while awaiting trial, authorities said.

CIA attack a blow but won't stop anti-terror hunt (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:16 PM PST

This undated image provided by ABC News purports to show Humam Khalil Abu-Mulal al-Balawi, the suspected Jordanian double agent who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan on Dec. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/ABC News) BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE. NO SALESAP - The deaths of seven CIA employees in Afghanistan probably will not be the last. The U.S. isn't pulling back on covert operations to hunt terrorists there and in Pakistan and will go on taking chances on human tipsters to help.

APNewsBreak: Nationwide courthouse security review (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:43 PM PST

Law enforcement officials investigate a shooting at the Lloyd D. George federal courthouse building in downtown Las Vegas Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 in Las Vegas. A court security officer and the suspect were killed. A U.S. marshal was wounded. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)AP - Federal authorities will conduct a nationwide review of courthouse security after a gunman killed a courthouse officer and wounded a deputy marshal in Las Vegas, a senior official said Wednesday.

Top Democrats head for the exits (Politico)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:17 AM PST

Senator Chris Dodd (Democrat, Connecticut) speaks at a news conference on health insurance reform legislation in December 2009 in Washington, DC. Dodd, a key Democratic ally of President Barack Obama, will on Wednesday announce his plans to retire at the end of the year in a fresh blow for the party, US media reported citing party sources.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Brendan Hoffman)Politico - The grim outlook for Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections just got a little worse.

Pentagon: More return to fight after leaving Gitmo (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST

This image taken from an undated video posted on a militant-leaning Web site Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, and provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Said Ali al-Shihri. A U.S. counterterror official confirmed Friday that Said Ali al-Shihri, who was jailed in Guantanamo for six years after his capture in Pakistan, and released by the U.S. in 2007 to the Saudi government for rehabilitation, has resurfaced as a leader of a Yemeni branch of al-Qaida. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)AP - One in five terror suspects released from the Guantanamo Bay prison has returned to the fight, according to a classified Pentagon report expected to stoke an already fierce debate over President Barack Obama's plan to close the military prison.

No immediate firings expected over intel failures (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:09 PM PST

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - The White House is not expected to announce the firing of any officials over intelligence failures — for now anyway — as President Barack Obama prepares to tell the nation more about a botched terrorist attack over Detroit and what else he will do to beef up security.

IRS too busy to talk to 3 in 10 who call for help (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:32 PM PST

US dollar notes are checked at a bank. America's millionaires and billionaires can die now, and not pay later under a quirk in the US estate tax law that Congress failed to act on in 2009.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AP - Need help with your taxes? Good luck reaching the IRS. Three out of 10 people who call the toll-free help line this tax season won't get through to a human being — and that's if the agency meets its goals for service.

Salazar announces tougher rules on drilling (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:06 PM PST

AP - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday announced policy changes he said will bring more scrutiny and a greater public voice in how oil and gas leases are awarded on public lands.

AP sources: Obama backs high-end health plan tax (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 05:01 PM PST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks with fellow lawmakers outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Left to right are House Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., House Education and Labor Chairman Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., Pelosi, House Rules Committee Chairman Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - President Barack Obama signaled to House Democratic leaders Wednesday that they'll have to drop their opposition to taxing high-end health insurance plans to pay for health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans.

PETA used Michelle Obama image without consent: White House (AFP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 04:55 PM PST

This image obtained from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals shows a new PETA ad with US country singer Carrie Underwood (L), US First Lady Michelle Obama (2nd-L), with television talk show hosts Oprah Winfrey (2nd-R) and Tyra Banks (R), all who avoid the wearing of fur. The White House says PETA is using the First Lady's image without her permission.(AFP/PETA)AFP - Animal rights group PETA used the image of First Lady Michelle Obama in a campaign against fur clothing without her permission, the White House said Wednesday.

GOP candidate in Minn. apologizes for Obama tweet (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:50 PM PST

AP - The Republican candidate for an open Minnesota Senate seat is apologizing for comments posted on his Twitter account about President Barack Obama and Democrats.

Fur flies over picture of Michelle Obama in ad (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:41 PM PST

Reuters - Animal rights group PETA has used the image of Michelle Obama without her consent on a new poster that praises the U.S. first lady for not wearing fur, the White House said on Wednesday.

Retirements and the 60-Seat Horizon (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 03:06 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - Senate Democrats got a stark reminder this week that their current filibuster-crushing, 60-vote majority is likely to end at the beginning of the 112th Congress.

Dodd, D-Conn., to retire from Senate; AG to run (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

Christina Dodd rests her head on the shoulders of her dad, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-CT, after he announced that he will retire after his current term outside his home in East Haddam, Conn., Wednesday Jan. 6, 2010. Dodd, who served five terms, is chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Christopher Dodd vowed just days ago that he was staying in the race for re-election to the Senate, but he announced Wednesday that he would not seek a sixth term and revealed the private soul-searching that led to his decision to end a four-decade career in Congress.

Senate races with no incumbent on ballot (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 02:23 PM PST

AP - Senate races in which no incumbent will be on the ballot in the November election:

Dodd Departure Boosts Democrats' Prospects (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:44 PM PST

CQPolitics.com - Sen. Christopher J. Dodd's (D-Conn.) announcement on Wednesday that he will step aside and not run for re-election completely shifts the dynamic of the 2010 Senate race.

Pelosi says lawmakers 'very close' on health care (AP)

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 01:37 PM PST

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi talks to reporters about healthcare after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and House committee chairs at the White House in Washington January 6, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueAP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says lawmakers are "very close" to resolving differences between the House and Senate health care bills and sending a final version to President Barack Obama.

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